abstract

abstract — A summary.

Synopsis

abstract ::=

Sequence of:
- One of:
  - Sequence of:
    - Interleave of:
      - title?
      - titleabbrev?
    - info? (db.titleforbidden.info)
  - info (db.titleonly.info)
- One or more of:
  - empty
  - empty
  - html:form
  - revhistory
  - webtoc
  - Admonition elements
    note
  - Formal elements
    example
    figure
    table (db.cals.table)
    table (db.html.table)
  - Graphic elements
    mediaobject
  - Informal elements
    informaltable (db.cals.informaltable)
    informaltable (db.html.informaltable)
  - List elements
    itemizedlist
    orderedlist
    variablelist
  - Paragraph elements
    para
  - Publishing elements
    blockquote
    epigraph
    sidebar
  - Verbatim elements
    literallayout
    programlisting

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

An abstract can occur in most components of DocBook. It is expected to contain some sort of summary of the content with which it is associated (by containment).

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed. Often presented in alternate outputs.

Parents

These elements contain abstract: bibliomixed, bibliomset, head, info (db.info), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), info (db.titleonlyreq.info), info (db.titlereq.info).

Children

The following elements occur in abstract: blockquote, epigraph, example, figure, html:form, info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), informaltable (db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, note, orderedlist, para, programlisting, revhistory, sidebar, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), title, titleabbrev, variablelist, webtoc.

Examples

 1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
   |<info>
   |  <title>Example abstract</title>
   |  <abstract>
 5 |    <para>In brief, …
   |    </para>
   |  </abstract>
   |</info>
   | 
10 |<para>…</para>
   | 
   |</article>